Following the Government’s advice to avoid all non-essential contact we have taken the decision to close the Coffin Works to the public from Wednesday 18th
There is a place in the heart of this land a city with history; perhaps not thought grand..? Birmingham’s its name – but a long
My dad died earlier this month. In the last weeks of his life he knew he was dying and this gave us (myself and my
Long before Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson or even Fanny Craddock there was Aunt Kate. What do you mean you haven’t heard of her? Well, in
For almost three years I have been volunteering at The Coffin Works in a Conservation/Care of Collection role. This involves cleaning and conserving the collection,
We’re absolutely delighted to announce we are a finalist in the West Midlands Volunteer Awards for 2019. The work of our volunteers on the Coffin
I volunteer for both The Coffin Works and Home of Metal. In my spare time I like to sew. The Shroud Room is my
Two years ago I wrote about the evolution of the coffin in a blog entitled ‘From Coffins to Caskets: an American History’, so two years
As a recent University History graduate I started to volunteer at the Coffin Works as part of the Conservation Team. My main partner in this
The people at The West Midlands Museum Development are holding their volunteer awards for 2019, which are now open. Here’s some information from them about
I started volunteering at the Coffin Works in September 2016, newly graduated from studying history and full of excitement about working in heritage and museums.
(This is now closed) As part of the annual ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ festival brought to you by BrumYODO, the object of the
